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[Stworca]

How're you doing at multiplayer? I heard that people online aren't much better at the game then the A.I. Perhaps you could post a vid with you doing a multiplayer battle as well?
That I want to see

I'm not sure if it was just my luck with the hours, or something else, but there were like 10 people online 
Naturally everyone and their mom play on 10k denarii with Urbans / Praetorian cav / Archers.

Now. The only battle that should interest the viewers is :
Enemy : Julii. 6 urban, 4 archer aux, 3 praetorian cav
Me.. *drums* Spain 4 bull, 4 fanatics, 4 slingers, 6 long shield.
Result : Crushing victory with nearly no losses.
Observation : On 10k denari archer aux is a bit of a waste, unless you play defensively.. Which people who have Urbans and see Spain across the field tend to not do.

The tactic was obvious, and the enemy general was a.. Yes.
There are some amazing RTW online players (like the PoM) but i had no luck in finding anyone that would rise above the AI too much.

[EmperorNuthulu]

Now that's something I would definitely like to see, Stworca versus POM.

[Stworca]

I can show off the Spain v Rome battle, but with the complete and total lack of any strategy other than "Uhh.. my units are better! RIGHT CLICK" it's not much to see. I'd rather leave this LP just for LP-related stuff, and something tells me that the AI romans will be tougher than.. no, you're not getting a name from me.
Then again, only multiplayer battles allow easy movie capture and editing (combat replay option)

In unrelated news : The next update will be cavalry special (aside from other things) because the damn AI attacked two of our mini-forces that were all-cav.
By mini forces i mean.. German army attacks ONE round shield group that was heading to reinforce me. (there is just no way in hell that we can pull a victory there. Simply impossible. But it's also impossible for me to click "Withdraw".. so..)
Numidians attack our generals, with our infantry lagging behind in the desert.

Let me compile them movies! Oi!

[Dsarker]

Hmm. So there's at least two victories in the next update. Both with full cavalry units.

[Stworca]

Not exactly..

I'm an honest person, and by saying "There is no way in hell we can win", i do mean it. If someone can prove me wrong - after you see ze update - i'll be impressed.
Also, when i say "one round shield cav unit", i do mean one round shield cav unit 

I had some xvid codec difficulties, thus it may take a while longer. Patience (Imoen), soon it will all end.

[Dsarker]

Well, yes. Full cavalry as in not with infantry and archers.


And yes, it's only one round shield, but you'll still win, right?


Right?

[Talfryn]

Stworca, amazing LP. I know you have said you are sick of the TW series, but I think we all want to see you do an LP with ReallyBadAI using the worst faction and hardest settings. Certainly working up to that would be appropriate if the AI is really that good.


For the encirclement? 

[Stworca]

To ease up your wait, here is some music (and RTW) : Bloody Germans

[Talfryn]

To ease up your wait, here is some music (and RTW) : Bloody Germans

Great video. I love TW, and strategy and all that, I but I've got to say I can't do anything like that. It's a good battle if I play and keep half my troops with a victory.

[Stworca]

It's a good battle if I play and keep half my troops with a victory.

What exactly seems to be the problem? You get encircled? Can't encircle enemies? Face too many? I'm sure we (viewers and me) can help you out.

Also : Yes, i'm working on the update just now. Editing them screenshots and stuff 

[noah22223]

Stworca, Hoplites.
We need sweet, Hoplites-on-bridge flavored candy.

[Stworca]

Spoiler: Britons dance on Ice (click to show/hide)

Remember how we've set up an ambush for those blue, unwashed barbarians?
Well..
- The Bad News : They have quite a number advantage.
- ALSO Bad News : Ambush failed, They know we're here.
- Good news : AI is retarded.


General unit can not hide, but all other units can (except elephants)


British tunnel-vision makes the barbarians see just our General, until our warriors use warcry.


But at that point, the charge has already began.


..and with their ranks following our general, and a massive, post-warcry charge on our side..


..it should be quite obvious that..


..(a+b)^2 - (a-b)^2 = 4ab, thus...


..we win. Surprisingly it's a crushing one. Naturally we only heal 1 out of 63 casualties (unlike the Britons, a few updates ago)


Another turn is upon us, and it seems that Archimedes invented a way for a man to please himself on his own


Which has spread into Macedon quite quickly. Let's just hope They'll be battle ready when Brutii come.


We begin the siege of Thapsus, and this time, there is just no way for Carthaginian army to arrive in time.


At the same time, we siege Mediolanum. The last stand of Gaul. Surprisingly, They haven't surrendered yet.


Also : With most of the Briton forces vanquished, we rush to Samo..ro..va..herp-derp city, which our only spy has infiltrated.


Their king is inside, thus we will suffer some casualties for sure. We go for it anyway, as there is only a small risk, that one of our generals will die, thus..


..Aw, come on!


With our ships blocking any reinforcements from the islands, Britons are down to one town on the mainland.


Naturally we go for it right off the bat. We want some factions DESTROYED. The less factions to share the land, the stronger the AI can become.


We also advance our ambush force to it's previous position (to add some more historical battle marks!). More on that much later.


We end the turn..

Spoiler: Fall of Gaul (click to show/hide)

It appears that them Frenchmen are down to two cities, but only one general. Should he die, the faction will fall.


Let's see how the battle went, shall we?

This part of the results, should be obvious.


..But this actually made me happy. With the death of their leader, the city rebelled instead of going under my command. Both of their cities actually.


Admiral Zorion arrives, to pick up our army..


..and we sail south. I'll let Julii take those two free cities, so that They can build up faster. My patience is running low.


I'm setting up an ambush though. If the AI decides to try attacking Spain AGAIN, instead of taking those two undefended, free-for-all cities.. They will DESERVE to be annihilated. Paradox made some much better AI's.


A newly commissioned general is on his way to reinforce our Briton front.. The data states, that he is 17.. No fucking way i'm going to believe it.


Meanwhile in Greece.. Or should i say Macedonia?


Some factions appear to be more brain-dead than the others. Like Carthage, which didn;t even send the army to reinforce their new-temporary capital. Which had both their leaders inside..


Needless to say, we broke inside and killed them. A bit more losses than i'd like. But enemy generals on VH are ridiculous.


The last of British fleets is sunk (with a small land force on it)


We begin the siege of Meth..something.. (lab?) and send a cav unit to reinforce our northern force, that will soon land in Britain itself, to.. wait.. what are those Germans..


Fucking peachy.. The AI just sat there, doing nothing for 15 years (30 turns) they didn;t even capture the novaday's Denmark.. WAITING to have a border with the player. Ridiculous.


Withdraw button was tempting, as there was just no way.. But it's just not my style. Besides, i see four juicy targets for my cavalry.
(Repost of the cav video, for continuity sake and for easier discovery)

Numidians appear to be throwing everything They have at us (which is not much) trying to save themselves.


Naturally They fail. But it appears that Egypt STILL didn't take their eastern province. There are just no god damn conflicts between the AI factions. Everyone hates Spain though.


Also : Our reports tell us something we already know.


To close this update, we're going with an All-out help for the AI factions. I'm going to help Julii and Brutii some more by freeing a few Roman cities for them to take (spoiler?! No, i've mentioned it a few times already).


Make those damn reforms already, bloody Romans!

[Talfryn]

It's a good battle if I play and keep half my troops with a victory.

What exactly seems to be the problem? You get encircled? Can't encircle enemies? Face too many? I'm sure we (viewers and me) can help you out.

Also : Yes, i'm working on the update just now. Editing them screenshots and stuff 

I just have a hard time routing enemies and generally outsmarting the AI (Embarrassing...)

[KaguroDraven]

I was like that too at first, I usually just made infantry blobs and tossed them at the enemy(yes, stupid I know) but I couldn't seem to do anything else that was more effective. Then one day when playing I actuilly managed to do a half decent manuever, almost on accident, was like a light bulb popped up over my head. Sometimes it just takes a kick in the pants or luck to get you thinking about how to play right.

[Talfryn]

I was like that too at first, I usually just made infantry blobs and tossed them at the enemy(yes, stupid I know) but I couldn't seem to do anything else that was more effective. Then one day when playing I actuilly managed to do a half decent manuever, almost on accident, was like a light bulb popped up over my head. Sometimes it just takes a kick in the pants or luck to get you thinking about how to play right.

Yeah, I'm pretty good at thinking about it abstractly, doing it is harder.